10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District
11-1566 Sherman v. State of Illinois
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would not hear an appeal of a ruling that 12-foot-high crosses along Utah highways in honor of dead state troopers violate the Constitution.
Many years ago, I attended a public high school student’s graduation ceremony out in what I consider the sticks.
10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District
Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Citizens lack standing to challenge 36 U.S.C. 119, establishing the National Day of Prayer. “Section 119 imposes duties on the President alone. It does not require any private person to do anything—or for that matter to take any action in response to whatever the President proclaims. If anyone suffers injury, [...]
A Madison-based organization opposed to religion lacks standing to challenge the National Day of Prayer.
United States Supreme Court Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Taxpayers lack standing to challenge a tax credit for parochial schools. Respondents’ suit does not fall within the narrow exception to the rule against taxpayer standing established in Flast v. Cohen, supra. There, federal taxpayers had standing to mount an Establishment Clause challenge to a federal [...]
